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Just to be clear this was just one of Buzz’s predictions for 2023.
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For goodness sake.
Does buzz know that not all apprentices get on with their boss all the time.
Nothing at the local pub worth talking about so may as well bring up WT again.
Probably fishing as usual..know idea why he has a job
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That’s the problem with courts nowadays they treat the perpetrators like victims.
They don’t even care about what happens to their victims, the stress and hurt that remains with traumatised family for the rest of their lives.
A local copper I know personally told me that 95% of the crimes in Bathurst are committed by 5% of the people, yet the courts continue to punish them with a feather duster.
Exactly. No accountability. The perpetrators family coddle them and never take ownership of the kids crime just blame the system or someone else.
Oh sheesh!
Thank goodness David Furner is not involved!
Tip sheet: The NRL's major talking points in 2023
A new year brings a whole range of burning questions ahead of the NRL Telstra Premiership season kick-off in March.
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Can Wests Tigers make the finals?
One coach left out of the above but not for any real reason is Tim Sheens.
The long-term plan for Benji Marshall to take over as head coach of Wests Tigers has started but Sheens has a couple of years to help get the club on the right track and also prove there is a method to the thinking here.
The key signings of Api Koroisau, Isaiah Papali'i, David Klemmer, John Bateman and Charlie Staines is a strong start to their roster rebuild but will it be enough to propel them into the finals for the first time since 2011?
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I think you could say the same about a lot of smaller rural towns ...same issues at Mt Isa ...can't remember what other small Qld town I was reading about recently ...the biggest boom in their town in security fences and security doors .....
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Why Bateman signing is a gamechanger for Wests Tigers
The Tim Sheens revolution continues at Wests Tigers, with an influx of talent coming to the club. However, one signing may make all the difference. All your questions about the Tigers answered here.Fatima Kdouh
January 1, 2023 - 4:00PM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
There is a new air of optimism at Wests Tigers for 2023 with the Tim Sheens and Benji Marshall combination working to bring in some exciting signings for last year’s wooden spooners. So what can we expect from the team from the West in 2023? Find out here.
2022 RICH 100 REPS: 5
Luke Brooks (No. 9, $960k), David Klemmer (28, $800k), Adam Doueihi (78, $560k), Joe Ofahengaue (87, $550k), David Nofoaluma (91, $500k)
FREE AGENCY WRAP & RATING
The club’s biggest coup is Englishman John Bateman on a four-year deal. Bateman’s competitive edge and nature, his unwavering desire to win, makes him the most important signing for the club in recent times.
He was not only the buy of the year back in 2019 but a cornerstone in the Canberra’s run to the grand final that year. Bateman’s work ethic, tenacity and ability to lift others around him will be the difference between another disappointing season and a competitive Tigers outfit.
Bateman is the cherry of a strong recruitment drive, which includes the signing of former Penrith dummy-half Api Koroisau to solve the side’s No. 9 conundrum.
No player has been able to own the position since Robbie Farah’s retirement in 2019. The Jacob Liddle, Jake Simpkin combination did not reap results and while Harry Grant starred there in 2020, he wasn’t a Tiger.
But Koroisau’s is more than an elite rake, he brings with him the one ingredient that has been missing at Concord – winning. The club must do everything to harness that side of the three-time premiership winner’s game.
The hit to backrow stocks, in Luciano Leilua, Kelma Tuilagi and Luke Garner, is remedied by the signing of grand finalist Isaiah Papali’i. The club is rightly backing it’s own talent to rebuild depth putting faith in the likes of Shawn Blore and rising star Justin Matamua.
David Klemmer’s arrival from Newcastle adds much needed aggression to a forward pack that has lacked physicality.
Overall, the club has made some astute signings but the inability to keep Jackson Hastings, who was their best in 2022, when halves stocks are thin should sound alarm bells. Only results driven by Koroisau, Papali’i, Klemmer, and Bateman, will ease the fears of Tigers faithful.
Rating: A-
John Bateman is a massive signing for the Tigers and the icing on the cake of a strong recruitment drive from Tim Sheens. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)
COACH STATUS AND SAFETY RATING: Tim Sheens (2024)
It’s been over a decade since Tim Sheens last coached in the NRL, but talking to the premiership winner, you wouldn’t know it. Sheens‘ knowledge, garnered over 50 years in the game, is unquestionable.
He’s signed for two seasons and for the sake of stability and the side’s rebuild, the club have no choice but to stick with Sheens for the duration.
His assistants, and club legends, Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall have dabbled in specialist coaching but are otherwise untried at the NRL level.
Despite their inexperience, Sheens must lean on them, Marshall in particular, whose time as assistant will double as an apprenticeship before he takes over for the 2025 season as head coach. Getting rid of Sheens early, will raise questions about whether Marshall has had enough on the job training to be at the helm.
The more experienced David Furner has also been added to the staff, where his know-how in both attack and defensive structures will be an invaluable resource.
Rating: A-
Wests Tigers head of football, Tim Sheens. (Photo by Mark Evans/Getty Images)
WESTS TIGERS 2023 BEST 17
BEST 171. Charlie Staines
2. Ken Maumalo
3. Asu Kepaoa
4. Brent Naden
5. David Nofoaluma
6. Adam Doueihi
7. Luke Brooks
8. Alex Twal
9. Api Koroisau
10. David Klemmer
11. John Bateman
12. Isaiah Papali’i
13. Joe Ofahengaue
14. Daine Laurie
15. Shawn Blore
16. Stefano Utoikamanu
17. Alex Seyfarth
LIKELY DEBUTANTS
Apisalome Saukuru – ‘Lome’ is a star of the future. The 20-year-old backrower is big and physical and is developing well in the lower grades. His path to the NRL was clearer when Kelma Tuilagi and Luke Garner moved on but the talented rookie will have to bid his time behind the likes of Shawn Blore and Isaiah Papali’i. Lome is part of a rising crop of second row forwards at Concord, including Henry O‘Kane and Brandon Tumeth, who will push for debuts over the course of 2023. All three are on development contracts.
Josh Feledy – Feledy, 18, is young but the Tigers were willing to blood seven rookies last season, including winger Junior Tupou, so a debut for the centre in 2023 is a distinct chance. On paper, the Tigers have plenty of outside back options with experience. But even the spot of veteran David Nofoaluma, who was demoted to NSW Cup, in the side wasn’t a certainty. There are spots up for grabs and Feledy, the try scoring machine, who crossed for 29 tries from 17 games across Harold Matthews and SG Ball, would not look out of place in an NRL side – when the time is right.
The Tigers signed Manly try-scoring machine Josh Feledy. (Pictures by Julian Andrews).
WHO TAKES THE NEXT STEP?
Tommy Talau – Fully fit, the 22-year-old has a round one starting spot in his sights. Ken Maumalo is in our best 17 but his defensive efforts and reads, particularly in the back end of the season, were not up to standard putting his place in jeopardy. It’s a chance for Talau to force a shake-up in the outside backs. Talau was supposed to be the antidote to the crushing blow of losing fullback James Tedesco, according to Benji Marshall. The early signs were good, skilful and capable of finding the tryline, he scored 19 tries in 35 games. But an ACL injury meant he didn’t play a single game in 2022.
Daine Laurie – Laurie has to find another gear if he is going to ward off new recruit Charlie Staines, who is also gunning for the no. 1 jumper. For Laurie, it’s the difference between starting every week at fullback or fighting for a spot on the bench as a utility. He’s a natural footballer and has played at five-eighth but Adam Doueihi is the better option there. Though, the Tigers are skinny in the halves and Laurie will inevitably provide cover there over the season. It’s less of a do or die scenario for Staines, who will take up his place on the edge if he doesn’t win the race to the fullback spot in round one.
THE THREE BURNING ISSUES
Luke Brooks – Brooks has had one foot out the door for 12 months with constant speculation about his future but the club has instead opted to cut arguably their best playmaker, Jackson Hastings, to the dismay of fans. Benji Marshall has always been an advocate of Brooks’ but if assistant can’t take help mould the halfback into the player the side needs, it’s time for the Tigers to let Brooks move on, so both he and the club can have a fresh start.
Halves depth – With Hastings following Jock Madden out the door, the Tigers halves stocks risk running thin. There’s no obvious graduate from the NSW Cup side to fill the gap and the best external offering is former Bulldogs playmaker Brandon Wakeham, who is currently without a club for 2023. Daine Laurie can provide cover in the halves, and he played there with competence for Penrith in the NSW Cup. Even if Laurie takes up a utility role, Sheens will have no option to dig into junior stocks. At this stage only forwards Christian Ma’anaima and Kitione Kautog, and centre Josh Feledy have been added to the development list.
What does tigers DNA look like?
There’s been a lot of talk about people like Tim Sheens and Benji Marshall injecting Tigers DNA back into the club. But what does that actually look like? Whatever is going on at the club, and in the last decade, isn’t working. Micheal Maguire tried to install a DNA based on tough love and hard work and that fell flat. Winning hasn’t been part of the club’s DNA for a long time. To win you need hard work, just ask any of the dominant sides in recent years Penrith, Roosters, Melbourne. So where does that leave Sheens and Marshall? In a very difficult place of coaching success into a roster that has barely tasted it. Both will need to lean on Bateman, who oozes tenacity, as a shot in the arm to their DNA endeavours.
CRYSTAL BALL
The Tigers have recruited well enough to avoid back-to-back wooden spoons. How far off the bottom of the ladder they finish will be determined by how much of a winning culture can be created in a single summer. Injecting three-time premiership winner Api Koroisau, Isaiah Papali’i and John Bateman will help. So too, coaching duo Tim Sheens and Benji Marshall. But will that be enough to rid the joint of the stench of a decade of failure? Eventually yes. Immediately, it rests on how quickly Bateman and Co. can drive cultural change.
PREDICTION: 14th
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Great research... ummm Henry O'Kane is at the Sharks 2023 so not in competition with Lome.Why Bateman signing is a gamechanger for Wests Tigers
The Tim Sheens revolution continues at Wests Tigers, with an influx of talent coming to the club. However, one signing may make all the difference. All your questions about the Tigers answered here.
Fatima Kdouh
January 1, 2023 - 4:00PM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
There is a new air of optimism at Wests Tigers for 2023 with the Tim Sheens and Benji Marshall combination working to bring in some exciting signings for last year’s wooden spooners. So what can we expect from the team from the West in 2023? Find out here.
2022 RICH 100 REPS: 5
Luke Brooks (No. 9, $960k), David Klemmer (28, $800k), Adam Doueihi (78, $560k), Joe Ofahengaue (87, $550k), David Nofoaluma (91, $500k)
FREE AGENCY WRAP & RATING
The club’s biggest coup is Englishman John Bateman on a four-year deal. Bateman’s competitive edge and nature, his unwavering desire to win, makes him the most important signing for the club in recent times.
He was not only the buy of the year back in 2019 but a cornerstone in the Canberra’s run to the grand final that year. Bateman’s work ethic, tenacity and ability to lift others around him will be the difference between another disappointing season and a competitive Tigers outfit.
Bateman is the cherry of a strong recruitment drive, which includes the signing of former Penrith dummy-half Api Koroisau to solve the side’s No. 9 conundrum.
No player has been able to own the position since Robbie Farah’s retirement in 2019. The Jacob Liddle, Jake Simpkin combination did not reap results and while Harry Grant starred there in 2020, he wasn’t a Tiger.
But Koroisau’s is more than an elite rake, he brings with him the one ingredient that has been missing at Concord – winning. The club must do everything to harness that side of the three-time premiership winner’s game.
The hit to backrow stocks, in Luciano Leilua, Kelma Tuilagi and Luke Garner, is remedied by the signing of grand finalist Isaiah Papali’i. The club is rightly backing it’s own talent to rebuild depth putting faith in the likes of Shawn Blore and rising star Justin Matamua.
David Klemmer’s arrival from Newcastle adds much needed aggression to a forward pack that has lacked physicality.
Overall, the club has made some astute signings but the inability to keep Jackson Hastings, who was their best in 2022, when halves stocks are thin should sound alarm bells. Only results driven by Koroisau, Papali’i, Klemmer, and Bateman, will ease the fears of Tigers faithful.
Rating: A-
John Bateman is a massive signing for the Tigers and the icing on the cake of a strong recruitment drive from Tim Sheens. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)
COACH STATUS AND SAFETY RATING: Tim Sheens (2024)
It’s been over a decade since Tim Sheens last coached in the NRL, but talking to the premiership winner, you wouldn’t know it. Sheens‘ knowledge, garnered over 50 years in the game, is unquestionable.
He’s signed for two seasons and for the sake of stability and the side’s rebuild, the club have no choice but to stick with Sheens for the duration.
His assistants, and club legends, Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall have dabbled in specialist coaching but are otherwise untried at the NRL level.
Despite their inexperience, Sheens must lean on them, Marshall in particular, whose time as assistant will double as an apprenticeship before he takes over for the 2025 season as head coach. Getting rid of Sheens early, will raise questions about whether Marshall has had enough on the job training to be at the helm.
The more experienced David Furner has also been added to the staff, where his know-how in both attack and defensive structures will be an invaluable resource.
Rating: A-
Wests Tigers head of football, Tim Sheens. (Photo by Mark Evans/Getty Images)
WESTS TIGERS 2023 BEST 17
BEST 17
1. Charlie Staines
2. Ken Maumalo
3. Asu Kepaoa
4. Brent Naden
5. David Nofoaluma
6. Adam Doueihi
7. Luke Brooks
8. Alex Twal
9. Api Koroisau
10. David Klemmer
11. John Bateman
12. Isaiah Papali’i
13. Joe Ofahengaue
14. Daine Laurie
15. Shawn Blore
16. Stefano Utoikamanu
17. Alex Seyfarth
LIKELY DEBUTANTS
Apisalome Saukuru – ‘Lome’ is a star of the future. The 20-year-old backrower is big and physical and is developing well in the lower grades. His path to the NRL was clearer when Kelma Tuilagi and Luke Garner moved on but the talented rookie will have to bid his time behind the likes of Shawn Blore and Isaiah Papali’i. Lome is part of a rising crop of second row forwards at Concord, including Henry O‘Kane and Brandon Tumeth, who will push for debuts over the course of 2023. All three are on development contracts.
Josh Feledy – Feledy, 18, is young but the Tigers were willing to blood seven rookies last season, including winger Junior Tupou, so a debut for the centre in 2023 is a distinct chance. On paper, the Tigers have plenty of outside back options with experience. But even the spot of veteran David Nofoaluma, who was demoted to NSW Cup, in the side wasn’t a certainty. There are spots up for grabs and Feledy, the try scoring machine, who crossed for 29 tries from 17 games across Harold Matthews and SG Ball, would not look out of place in an NRL side – when the time is right.
The Tigers signed Manly try-scoring machine Josh Feledy. (Pictures by Julian Andrews).
WHO TAKES THE NEXT STEP?
Tommy Talau – Fully fit, the 22-year-old has a round one starting spot in his sights. Ken Maumalo is in our best 17 but his defensive efforts and reads, particularly in the back end of the season, were not up to standard putting his place in jeopardy. It’s a chance for Talau to force a shake-up in the outside backs. Talau was supposed to be the antidote to the crushing blow of losing fullback James Tedesco, according to Benji Marshall. The early signs were good, skilful and capable of finding the tryline, he scored 19 tries in 35 games. But an ACL injury meant he didn’t play a single game in 2022.
Daine Laurie – Laurie has to find another gear if he is going to ward off new recruit Charlie Staines, who is also gunning for the no. 1 jumper. For Laurie, it’s the difference between starting every week at fullback or fighting for a spot on the bench as a utility. He’s a natural footballer and has played at five-eighth but Adam Doueihi is the better option there. Though, the Tigers are skinny in the halves and Laurie will inevitably provide cover there over the season. It’s less of a do or die scenario for Staines, who will take up his place on the edge if he doesn’t win the race to the fullback spot in round one.
THE THREE BURNING ISSUES
Luke Brooks – Brooks has had one foot out the door for 12 months with constant speculation about his future but the club has instead opted to cut arguably their best playmaker, Jackson Hastings, to the dismay of fans. Benji Marshall has always been an advocate of Brooks’ but if assistant can’t take help mould the halfback into the player the side needs, it’s time for the Tigers to let Brooks move on, so both he and the club can have a fresh start.
Halves depth – With Hastings following Jock Madden out the door, the Tigers halves stocks risk running thin. There’s no obvious graduate from the NSW Cup side to fill the gap and the best external offering is former Bulldogs playmaker Brandon Wakeham, who is currently without a club for 2023. Daine Laurie can provide cover in the halves, and he played there with competence for Penrith in the NSW Cup. Even if Laurie takes up a utility role, Sheens will have no option to dig into junior stocks. At this stage only forwards Christian Ma’anaima and Kitione Kautog, and centre Josh Feledy have been added to the development list.
What does tigers DNA look like?
There’s been a lot of talk about people like Tim Sheens and Benji Marshall injecting Tigers DNA back into the club. But what does that actually look like? Whatever is going on at the club, and in the last decade, isn’t working. Micheal Maguire tried to install a DNA based on tough love and hard work and that fell flat. Winning hasn’t been part of the club’s DNA for a long time. To win you need hard work, just ask any of the dominant sides in recent years Penrith, Roosters, Melbourne. So where does that leave Sheens and Marshall? In a very difficult place of coaching success into a roster that has barely tasted it. Both will need to lean on Bateman, who oozes tenacity, as a shot in the arm to their DNA endeavours.
CRYSTAL BALL
The Tigers have recruited well enough to avoid back-to-back wooden spoons. How far off the bottom of the ladder they finish will be determined by how much of a winning culture can be created in a single summer. Injecting three-time premiership winner Api Koroisau, Isaiah Papali’i and John Bateman will help. So too, coaching duo Tim Sheens and Benji Marshall. But will that be enough to rid the joint of the stench of a decade of failure? Eventually yes. Immediately, it rests on how quickly Bateman and Co. can drive cultural change.
PREDICTION: 14th
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Thanks for sharing @KingRobbie.
Still better than other articles.
I'm predicting 12th spot so not far off. Really need a halfback.
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with that pack Brooks will do a good job, better pack than he had to work with in 2018
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Do you mean 5% are youth BT?
Home invasions are terrible.
We were broken into and my coin collection stolen as well as my eldest boy's computer and cd collection. We were feeling violated..only words to say how we felt.
The thought of some stranger in our house snooping around and touching our personal belongings.
I would've loved to have got my hands on them and sorted it out.
Too much of this selfish crap goes on.
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That’s actually a reasonably accurate summation. During Moses’ last year with us we certainly felt we lost a good player, but not our best halfback.
Smart Signings: Mitchell Moses would be nice, but halves are not Wests Tigers' major problem
Mitch Moses is one thing, but the halves really weren't the issue at the Wests Tigers in 2022. Here's what they can fix in 2023.www.theroar.com.au
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Meehall Wood has written some positive article about us, I wonder if he's a tiger supporter?
It amuses me a bit when people say poor Brooksy... I'm sure he's not counting sheep in order to sleep, more like 1mil, 2mil, 3mil.....
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Vigilantism is on the rise…
Soon the stories will start about how these poor kids from broken homes were set upon by “wealthy” citizens who could afford to lose some items.
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Vigilantism, is there?
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Our neighbourhood watch members consist of me and my other broken down ol fart buddy armed with rolled up newspapers and a torch.
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There’s been a few publicised citizens arrests in QLD recently where residents chased down hooning cars and dragged the kids out and sat on them until the coppers came.
My cousins live north west QLD. There has been a few bashings lately that were on rumoured kids who broke into a construction site and stole tools. One was dragged off a bus and bashed in the middle of the road.
People have had enough.
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